Top House Dem Promises to Cut Funding For Trump’s Iran War: ‘Admit That We Lost’

Top House Dem concedes defeat to Iran, vows to cut funding for war

The lawmaker set to reclaim the chair of the House Armed Services Committee shared his take on the outcome of the conflict with Iran along with Democrats’ […]

Top House Dem concedes defeat to Iran, vows to cut funding for war · American Wire News

The lawmaker set to reclaim the chair of the House Armed Services Committee shared his take on the outcome of the conflict with Iran along with Democrats’ plans for funding. What kicked off in earnest with Operation Epic Fury on February 28, 2026, has carried on for months with negotiations, blockades, and exchanges of strikes between the United States and Iran. Now, after the economic toll incurred by the conflict was believed to have factored …

Top House Dem Promises to Cut Funding For Trump’s Iran War: ‘Admit That We Lost’

Incoming House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) told Greg Sargent on The New Republic’s Daily Blast podcast on Friday that defunding President Donald Trump’s war in Iran was one of the first things Democrats will do next Congress. “To end the war, we have to admit something that we’re not going to want to admit: we lost. Iran will be in a stronger position when this war is over than they were when it started, and we will be in a weaker pos…

House Democrats To Immediately Vote To Defund Trump’s Iran War

Incoming House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA)Before House Republicans were blown out and lost their majority in an astoundingly comprehensive national defeat, they had already sown the seeds of a new crisis by setting up a series of funding deadlines for the lame-duck session in December.The biggest looming deadline is the end of the continuing resolution to fund the government on December 11, 2026. There is a wide rang…